uh oh… it’s the fun police
Shame Australia, shame.
1st test of The Ashes series and the overprotective state of QLD conspires with Cricket Australia and The Barmy Army have been split up so that no more than 10-15 can sit together and then the Qld police eject the trumpet player from the ground or causing a disturbance. Oh please.
(As a side note, CA seemed to do alot of conspiring during the test – with the QLD police and with Ricky Ponting too – to not enforce the follow-on was, I believe, a commercial decision.)
With all the hype about The Barmy Army in the Aussie press in the lead up to the series, most of it very positive indeed – raving about the atmosphere the BA creates and even spurring The Fanatics into action – the hype led most to believe that the BA would be welcome. Everyone was facinated and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. But oh no. Enter the Fun Police.
For me, this was the day Australia stamped it’s foot, picked up it’s ball and went home. Very poor show indeed.
13 December 2006 at 12:50pm
Now that DOES seem rather unfair, especially coming from the Queenslanders. Can you imagine if NSW tried to separate QLD supporters during the State of Origin league games? There would be absolute hell to pay. I’m over the fun police in this country generally. Bring back the chaos.